but Galaxy Quest is such a happy place movie.
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Mercy is the mark of a great man. Guess I'm just a good man. Well, I'm all right.
Mal ,'Shindig'
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DavidS - Oct 30, 2009 1:57:56 pm PDT #4764 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Polter-Cow - Oct 30, 2009 2:06:48 pm PDT #4765 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
le nubian - Oct 31, 2009 4:34:26 am PDT #4766 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Fiona,
have you seen the version of "Memento" where they put everything together so the movie runs forward? It is on the boxed set (btw, I'm a serious Memento junkie) and I really dug that version. I couldn't believe the movie actually holds together forwards.
Steph L. - Oct 31, 2009 6:11:07 am PDT #4767 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Restored uncut Metropolis will premiere at Berlin Film Festival
Oh my god, I would LOVE to see this. Not necessarily *in* Berlin (though that would be cool), but to finally see the original version. (Though I have to shamefully admit that I liker the Moroder version. What I'm a child of the 80s.)
Fiona - Oct 31, 2009 7:39:21 am PDT #4768 of 30000
have you seen the version of "Memento" where they put everything together so the movie runs forward?
I haven't. I'm very interested, but the 3-disc version costs five times the single-disc one, and I've already invested so much in this course, I just can't afford it at the moment.
I do want to talk about manipulation of time in the movies today though, so I really do need it.
Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 31, 2009 11:54:31 am PDT #4769 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I don't think I'm ever going to watch Memento, because Rio's quote about it being the same movie as Dude, Where's My Car? would be echoing in my mind throughout.
Laga - Oct 31, 2009 11:54:55 am PDT #4770 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
aw man. I tried to watch Memento back-to-front with the copy I own (which I would gladly trade for a copy of Galaxy Quest) but the scenes are not arranged in such a way as to facilitate this. No way am I shelling out for the three disc set.
Typo Boy - Oct 31, 2009 8:47:59 pm PDT #4771 of 30000
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Had a discussion with a friend the other day about the 39 steps and how superior it was to the Buchan book (which was a piece of anti-Semitic garbage). That makes we wonder: people (including me) often complain about movies which are vastly inferior to the books they are based on. But "39 Steps" can't be the only movie that was far better than book it nominally brought to the screen. Can anyone think of other examples of movies that were major improvements on the books they were based upon?
billytea - Oct 31, 2009 10:23:36 pm PDT #4772 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Had a discussion with a friend the other day about the 39 steps and how superior it was to the Buchan book (which was a piece of anti-Semitic garbage). That makes we wonder: people (including me) often complain about movies which are vastly inferior to the books they are based on. But "39 Steps" can't be the only movie that was far better than book it nominally brought to the screen. Can anyone think of other examples of movies that were major improvements on the books they were based upon?
Not a movie, but I think Dexter as a TV series surpasses the books.
bon bon - Oct 31, 2009 10:30:31 pm PDT #4773 of 30000
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Godfather is a famous example.